According to a troubling report presented at the American Diabetes Association annual conference, many doctors are failing to raise medication dosages for their diabetic patients even when evidence indicates that an increase is necessary. The report, authored by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, found patients whose blood sugar and blood pressure levels rise above healthy levels on repeated doctor's office visits often do not receive higher doses of their prescription drugs. In fact, researchers estimated that doctors increase the dose of blood pressure medication in only 12% of diabetic hypertension patients. The study's authors urged better training to allow physicians to better manage their diabetic patients' condition.